NEWARK, NJ—The former president of the International Longshoremen’s Association Local 1235 was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in federal prison for conspiring to extort “Christmastime tributes” from members, officials said. Vincent Aulisi,…
Category: American Justice
Former Miami Firefighter Gets More Than 27 Years in Prison for Possessing Child Porn
FLORIDA – A former City of Miami firefighter was sentenced to 27 years and three months in federal prison for downloading child porn videos on his personal computer while he was on…
Former Tennessee Deputy Indicted for Sexually Assaulting a Woman While He Was on Duty
TENNESSEE – Former Hamilton County Deputy Sheriff Willie Greer, 33, was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury in Chattanooga for sexually assaulting a woman while he was on duty on Jan….
Fugitive and Head of Bogus Internet Co. Pleads Guilty to $13 Million “YES” Entertainment Scam
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA – A former Newport Beach resident who fled the country 15 years ago after federal agents executed search warrants relating to his fraudulent Internet company plead guilty Monday to…
Former Owner of Medical Supply Company Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Medicare Fraud
LOS ANGELES – The former owner of a Long Beach medical supply company was sentenced Monday to 30 months in prison and ordered to pay nearly $1.5 million in restitution for his…
Campaign Manager Charged With Buying Votes in School Board Election
TEXAS – A campaign manager was arrested Thursday and accused of paying voters to vote in the November 2012 school board election in Donna, Texas. The four-count indictment charges Francisco “Frankie” Garcia, 47,…
Retired Army Lt. Col. Gets Seven Years for E-Mailing Classified Information to Chinese Woman
HAWAII – Retried Army Lt. Colonel and civilian defense contractor was sentenced to seven years and three months in prison for e-mailing classified defense information in March to a 27-year-old Chinese woman…
Five Texans Sentenced to Prison for Running Illegal Gambling Business
TEXAS —Five residents of Amarillo, Texas, who pleaded guilty earlier this year to their roles in an illegal gambling conspiracy, were sentenced last week to prison, federal officials announced Wednesday. U.S. District…
Man Who Helped Terrorists Re-Sentenced to 21-Years Behind Bars
WASHINGTON— A federal appeals court rejected the 17-year and six-month sentence, saying it was “too lenient” but upheld the conviction against Jose Padilla who was convicted of helping terrorists. Tuesday, U.S. District…
Ex-Sheriff’s Investigator Who Struck Salesman at the County Jail Sentenced to Three years in Prison
ALABAMA – A federal judge sentenced an ex-criminal investigator with the Macon County Sheriff’s Office to three years in prison for assaulting a handcuffed man at the county jail, the U.S. Justice…
Former Air Force Employee Tried to Sell Military Satellite Top Secrets to China
LOS ANGELES – A Marina del Rey man was sentenced Monday to more than three years in prison for providing top secret information about a network used to control and communicate with…
California Tax Dodger and Businessman Sentenced to Four Years in Prison
CALIFORNIA – A tax dodger and owner of a Huntington Beach-based military contractor who plead guilty to federal tax charges for failing to report to the IRS millions of dollars his company received…